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Valdet Dule is a Kosovar and father of two young children whose job is to find and detonate explosives left over from the wars of the 1990s. Until the land is safe, he says, his people won’t be able to realize their dream of independence.

Long after the fighting ended in Kosovo in 1999, the people of the region are still struggling to free themselves from the legacy of war.

Thousands of landmines and unexploded bombs remain in farmers’ fields, in forests, along roadsides.

Valdet Dule is a Kosovar (and father of two young children) whose job is to find and detonate those explosives. Until the land is safe, he says, his people won’t be able to realize their dream of independence.